First – do you believe
it is acceptable that 7 million people die every year from pollution? That’s
more than murders, suicides, and car accidents – combined.

Every day, 19,000
people die from pollution from fossil fuels. Do you accept those deaths? Do you
accept that children all over the world have to grow up breathing with
inhalers?

Now, my second
question: do you believe coal and oil will be the fuels of the future?

Besides the fact that
fossil fuels destroy our lungs, everyone agrees that eventually they will run
out. What’s your plan then?

I, personally, want a
plan. I don’t want to be like the last horse and buggy salesman who was holding
out as cars took over the roads. I don’t want to be the last investor in
Blockbuster as Netflix emerged. That’s exactly what is going to happen to
fossil fuels.

A clean energy future
is a wise investment, and anyone who tells you otherwise is either wrong, or
lying. Either way, I wouldn’t take their investment advice.

Renewable energy is
great for the economy, and you don’t have to take my word for it. California
has some of the most revolutionary environmental laws in the United States, we
get 40% of our power from renewables, and we are 40% more energy efficient than
the rest of the country. We were an early-adopter of a clean energy future.

Our economy has not
suffered. In fact, our economy in California is growing faster than the U.S.
economy. We lead the nation in manufacturing, agriculture, tourism,
entertainment, high tech, biotech, and, of course, green tech.

I have a final
question, and it will take some imagination.

There are two doors.
Behind Door Number One is a completely sealed room, with a regular, gasoline-fueled
car. Behind Door Number Two is an identical, completely sealed room, with an
electric car. Both engines are running full blast.

I want you to pick a
door to open, and enter the room and shut the door behind you. You have to stay
in the room you choose for one hour. You cannot turn off the engine. You do not
get a gas mask.

I’m guessing you chose
the Door Number Two, with the electric car, right? Door number one is a fatal
choice – who would ever want to breathe those fumes?

This is the choice the
world is making right now.

To use one of the
four-letter words all of you commenters love, I don’t give a damn if you
believe in climate change. I couldn’t care less if you’re concerned about
temperatures rising or melting glaciers. It doesn’t matter to me which of us is
right about the science.

I just hope that
you’ll join me in opening Door Number Two, to a smarter, cleaner, healthier,
more profitable energy future.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

This statement
resonates with the speech Leonardo DiCaprio gave when he got his
long-awaited Oscar!